Where does it say the height limit (sorry if this is dumb)? Ours Graco keyfit 30 - has a weight limit (up to 30lbs) only, I think (unless I am missing something) and L is about 25 so we're close. I just love the convenience so much. Even yesterday, she fell asleep and we got an extra 20 mins of napping by moving the seat inside. She is probably just over 30" atm.

_________________My oven is bigger on the inside, and it produces lots of wibbly wobbly, cake wakey... stuff. - The PoopieB.

I think we switched Malka's carseat when she was around 28-29". She may not have been maxing out the height limit, but she just seemed cramped and it was a total revelation when we switched to the rear-facing convertible because she was suddenly soooo happy. Then that seemed too cramped because her legs are kind of squished up against the back seat, so now she's forward facing, although she's nowhere near the 30lb. benchmark (she's like 22lb).

I think we switched Malka's carseat when she was around 28-29". She may not have been maxing out the height limit, but she just seemed cramped and it was a total revelation when we switched to the rear-facing convertible because she was suddenly soooo happy. Then that seemed too cramped because her legs are kind of squished up against the back seat, so now she's forward facing, although she's nowhere near the 30lb. benchmark (she's like 22lb).

Weird. I guess I should have looked more when we bought our infant seat. It only went to 22 lbs and Zephyr was quickly approaching that, so we had to upgrade!

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I meant the 30 lb benchmark about turning to forward facing. But just checked the specs on our carseat and it was supposed to go to 30lb/30in. Clearly it didn't, though, so I don't know whether or not to believe them.

zahara has roseola. there was a mild panic in my head after her three day fever produced a rash, but yay, nothing bad just crappy old roseola. poor little love is cutting more teeth too, i can' tell if it's molars or eye teeth, but she's jamming fingers in both sides of her mouth to chew on. this week has been a punish.

Oh god, I do not want to abandon my Chico keyfit30 yet! We are only 21.5 pounds but 30 1/2 inches. It's just we don't have a car and we only use the car seat to occasionally take a cab to the airport. I so dread having to use (and store) the larger seat.

Babynut had her one year checkup (more than a month late) and she is doing great. I can't believe it, but she's at 50% for weight! After all our weight gain issues that AMAZING. She is still quite small, since her height is in the 70%, but whatever. Obviously she is eating well and healthy.

We just broke through the seventh tooth after a fussy couple of days. I can't wait for her to bust out more words! She knows so many but mostly is following commands and pointing instead of verbalizing. I spend a lot of time imagining what talking with her will be like.

Oh god, I do not want to abandon my Chico keyfit30 yet! We are only 21.5 pounds but 30 1/2 inches. It's just we don't have a car and we only use the car seat to occasionally take a cab to the airport. I so dread having to use (and store) the larger seat.

Babynut had her one year checkup (more than a month late) and she is doing great. I can't believe it, but she's at 50% for weight! After all our weight gain issues that AMAZING. She is still quite small, since her height is in the 70%, but whatever. Obviously she is eating well and healthy.

We just broke through the seventh tooth after a fussy couple of days. I can't wait for her to bust out more words! She knows so many but mostly is following commands and pointing instead of verbalizing. I spend a lot of time imagining what talking with her will be like.

First, happy birthday Magician, Babynut and Sven!

We have the diono radian and it folds in half, that may be a decent option for you for storing a carseat. It was, however, pretty expensive. It had the lowest toxicity ratings and since we live in California and our car is in the sun I wanted something that while it is cooking it isn't releasing the worst fumes.

Well, we did it. We traded the Keyfit in for a bigger carseat for the Emperor, and the Magician has now moved into E's old Boulevard. Babies R Us is doing some sort of promotion where you get 25% off a new carseat if you trade in an old one, so I guess it was kind of good timing.

I hate that the Keyfit 30 doesn't actually fit babies above 30" tall because this meant we had to give it up around 21lb. I want a giant toddler version - at least something as easily removable from the car, so we didn't have to wake her up during a nap. Also sort of hate that it's not illegal to throw your kid screaming in a crib and shut the door until it sleeps and walk a hundred feet across the house, but if it's 60 degrees at night in winter and you want to leave your kid in the car to finish a nap? Oh, then you're breaking the law. Don't mind me, I'm just over here being bitter that one of the few ways to actually get V to sleep is now gone. (I know from a safety perspective car seat naps aren't perfect, but nobody tells you how you're supposed to get a kid to nap without a car seat or stroller or crying it out etc. etc..)

My update is that Violet won't take a nap today (we've been out for two walks already, which is how she normally gets to sleep), I have a ton of stuff to do before tomorrow evening because my mother in law is coming for a visit (you know, one of those family visits where they think they're being super helpful by letting you wait on them all week while they occasionally read a story to your kid and threaten to do your laundry all wrong).

And meanwhile the wives of our other children (enlisted sailors) are spreading a bunch of false information that's going to cause a massive cluster that husband will have to deal with if anyone believes them, and that means more work for him which means more lone parenting and work for me.

(you know, one of those family visits where they think they're being super helpful by letting you wait on them all week while they occasionally read a story to your kid and threaten to do your laundry all wrong)

Leela is now obsessed with flossing. She likes to sit next to me and fake floss. Maybe this belongs in the weird baby thread?

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(you know, one of those family visits where they think they're being super helpful by letting you wait on them all week while they occasionally read a story to your kid and threaten to do your laundry all wrong)

Best!

_________________My oven is bigger on the inside, and it produces lots of wibbly wobbly, cake wakey... stuff. - The PoopieB.

[quote="Tofulish"]Leela is now obsessed with flossing. She likes to sit next to me and fake floss. Maybe this belongs in the weird baby thread?

Are you trying to floss her? My partner bought "What to Expect Year Two" and it said you should be flossing, but my ped has not suggested this and I don't do it. I do brush and floss my teeth in front of her each night and she is all about trying to brush herself. I let her and then I brush her teeth myself.

I think you're supposed to start flossing as soon as there are teeth touching each other. We learned the hard way - it's super duper important to floss little kids' teeth and always, always brush them, even if they hate it and it makes you want to cry. The NY Times had an article about the increase of extensive dental problems with little ones:http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/06/healt ... al&src=me&Since Leela is so interested in flossing, maybe try it with her if she's got teeth touching each other? When we finally did start flossing our little guy's teeth, he loved it because we bought those special dinosaur floss picks.

ETA: I hope I'm not coming across as saying you need to change what you're doing - this subject is a really sore spot for me, because our little guy has to have dental "surgery" (ie general anaesthetic to treat multiple cavities), and I really wouldn't wish that on anyone else!

_________________when you realise how perfect everything is, you will tilt you head back and laugh at the sky. -buddha

(you know, one of those family visits where they think they're being super helpful by letting you wait on them all week while they occasionally read a story to your kid and threaten to do your laundry all wrong)

Oh, do I ever.

Minus the laundry and add in bringing home up to six bags of chips at a time and chain smoking outside half of the day.